Scot Woods: PoliticsRambilngs about the War, the upcoming elections and political philosophy.Venezuela, Roberson, Rumsfeld, and the red herring- August 29, 2005 Well, things are going to get interesting for tele-swindler Pat Roberson, but they're really getting interesting in the "New American colonialism" department. While the Pentagon works out its machinations in Latin America, the formerly "Rev." Robertson is at least going to incur some legal bills for his remarks about assassinating a democratically-elected foreign head of state. President Chavez of Venezuela says his country will seek extradition for the aging gold and diamond magnate who poses..http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082905M.shtml Pesky laws- August 23, 2005 Juan Cole points out that Iraq's government is egregiously violating its own Interim Constitution, and that the rule of law has already gone out the window in the alleged new democracy there. Well, they learned from the best.http://www.juancole.com/ More from Abu Ghraib- August 23, 2005 There are more photos and videos on the way from the U.S. Gulag at Abu Ghraib, and they're much, much worse than the mere fear and humiliation captured in the previously-released batch. These photos were shown last year to members of Congress, but have been withheld from public view by a Pentagon which, understandably, feels like they might help recruitment of enemy forces. The images are being pried out of the Pentagon's hands by a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The story's here. The...http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/22/opinion/main791067.shtml |